MAN MINDING HIS OWN BUSINESS, LITTLE GIRL FELL DOWN & HER MUM SCOLDS HIM INSTEAD

Child reversing into me

As the title suggests, I was walking along a mall in Singapore with my SO when a little girl abruptly started reversing in my direction quite quickly. I barely made it in time to avoid her.

She appeared to have lost her balance for a split second but quickly regained it i.e. she did NOT fall down.

Before I could even respond, I heard the mother very loudly exclaiming “! Are you alright?! WHY THIS PERSON LIKE THAT?!?!”. For clarity, “this person” mentioned by the mum, is me.

I was really confused as I was not the one who ran into the kid.. this kid reversed into me out of nowhere. What did the mum expect me to do? What would you have done in such a situation?

Netizens’ comments

1. You should have shouted “<child’s name>! Are you alright?! WHY YOUR MOTHER NEVER TAKE CARE OF YOU!?!”
2. Shoot the mom a dirty look and tell her off for not watching her kid
3. I encountered similar incident years ago. A child fall down in front of me (a few steps away from us),then my friend and I went over to help her stand up and was about to ask is she okay,out of nowhere the mother walk over and asked her child is she okay and start accusing us we knocked the girl down. We tried explaining but no use. Since then whenever I see kids running around in the mall or walkway,I tried to keep a distance or lookout for the kid’s running direction.
4. There are Karens starting to sprout out all over now.
5. Truth be told, I’d siam and brace her shoulders expecting her to fall. Even if she wasn’t falling, a stranger grasping a kid’s shoulder should disrupt whatever state of mind they’re in to be alert and behave again. Most of the time.
6. Confused… did she mean because you got out of the way instead of trying to catch her from falling? I mean, if I see a little girl about to fall, I’d try and catch her instead of saying, “whew, good thing I got out of the way quick.”